Catamenial sack.



No. 676,636. Patented lune l8, I901. D. P. SONNEHILL.

CATAMENIAL SACK.

(Application filed Dec. 4, 1900.]

(No Model.)

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DAISEY PAUL SONNEHILL, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CATAM ENIAL SACK.

SPEGIFIGATJLON forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 676,636, dated June18, 1901 Application filed December 4, 1900. Serial No. 38,648. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAISEY PAUL SONNE- HILL, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, inthe county and State of New York, have invented a new and ImprovedCatamenial Sack, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

The purpose of the invention is to provide a catamenial sack adapted foruse by women, and to form the body portion of the diaper of a singlepiece of material or fabric so constructed that end tabs are formed andside flaps, which side flaps are designed to overlap and be secured toeach other to inclose an absorbent material, rendering said absorbentmaterial removable and the body portion of the diaper washable.

A further purpose of the invention is to provide a supporter especiallyadapted to the character of body portion above mentioned, whichsupporter admits of adjustment of the body portion and is alsoself-adjustable to diiferent waist measurements.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of theseveral parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed outin the claim.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved catamenial sack. Fig. 2is a plan view of the supporter-section of the device, and Fig. 3 is aplan view of the body-section of the device laid flat.

The body A is constructed of afabric'-such as cotton, linen, or a likematerial and comprises a body 10 and tabs 11, which extend from the endportions of the body. These tabs are preferably provided with pointedouter ends 12, at which ends buttonholes 13 are worked or otherwiseproduced, and said tabs may be of one or of more thicknesses, asoccasion may demand. The body-section 10 at each side of each tab isinclined, the inclinations of the said end portions of the body-sectionbeing outward and in direction of the central portion of saidbody-section, as is shown in Fig. 3. The body-section 10 is usuallyreinforced by hems 15 at its marof the body-section 10 at the center,extending from one tab 11 to the other. The side of the body-sectioncontaining the buttons is then carried over on the absorbent material,and the opposite side of the body-section'lO, in which the buttonholes16 are located, is carried over the first fold, and the two longitudinaledges of the body are secured together by buttoning the parts together,as shown in Fig. 1. nipulation the body is formed into a folded sectionfilled with absorbent material and tabs extending from the ends of thefolded section.

The supporter O, which is especially adapted for use in connection withthe aforesaid body portion, consists of a rear shield 18 and a frontshield 19, the two shields being positively connected at the upperportion of one of their sides by an elastic band 20, while acorresponding band 21 is permanently attached to the opposite side ofthe rear shield 18 at its upper edge and is adapted for detachableengagement with the corresponding portion of the forward shield 19, andthis dotachable engagement of the band 21 with the forward shield 19 isusually brought about by placing a button 22 at the free end of the band21, which button is adapted to pass through a buttonhole 23, produced inthe for ward shield 19.

Upon the outer face of both the rear and the forward shields one or more(preferably a multiple of) buttons 24 are secured, the buttons beingplaced one above the other, and these buttons 24 are adapted to passthrough the buttonholes 13 in the tabs 11 of the body portion, so thatthe said body portion may be vertically adjusted on the shields asoccasion may demand. The bands 21 being elastic will accommodatethemselves to any waist uneas Under this manrenient. Preferably when thesupporter is worn the bands engage with the outer face of the corsets orcorset-cover.

It will be understood that the holder, which is shown in detail in Fig.3, is made ofa pervious absorbent materialsuch as cotton, linen, or thelike, as before described -and comprises a body portion 10, having tabs11 at its ends, and wings 14, which extend laterally beyond the line ofthe flaps, and said wings are of a width jointly exceeding the width ofthe tabs 11, whereby the wings can be overlapped when folded to inclosea napkin, and such wings are provided at their overlapping edges withbuttons and buttonholes, constituting means whereby the wings may beconnected directly together at their free edges. It will also be noticedthat in use the wings and fastening devices are on the outer surface ofthe holder, and the napkin or other absorbent device is inclosed by thesaid wings.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- The improvement in catamenial sack-s herein describedcomposed of the supporter or belt having the front and rear shields, andthe plurality of vertically-disposed devices for the connection of thenapkin-holder, and the napkin-holder made of pervious absorbent materialand comprising a body 10 and tabs 11 at the ends thereof, the bodyhaving lateral wings, beyond the tabs, of a width jointly exceeding theWidth of the tabs whereby the wings can be overlapped when folded toinclose a napkin and provided at such overlapping edges with means fordetachably connecting the free edges of the wings directly together, thetabs being connected adjustably with the front and rear shields of thesupporter and the holder being connected to the said shields with thewings on the outer or under surface, all substantially as set forth. Intestimony whereof I have signed my name to this specificationv in thepresence of two subscribing Witnesses.

DAISEY PAUL SONNEHILL. \Vitn esses:

H. H. SONNEHILL,

JUDITH FELLHEIMER.

